Upon hearing Wei Shengnan's invitation, I briefly considered the matter: "Your plan won't work. Since the other side has hidden the token in this no-man's-land, and they're letting the fourteen teams compete for it, they certainly won't let them get too close. If we form an alliance, we will indeed have an advantage in numbers, but we'll be at a disadvantage in finding the token."

Wei Shengnan's perspective on the issue is different from mine: "If others can take from us, we can take from them too. As long as we have a numerical advantage, we may not necessarily be at a disadvantage."

"If we succeed, great. But if we fail, and all we get is a token, who gets it, you or me?"

Although I don't dislike Wei Shengnan, I don't really want to associate with Qu Ruilin, and I also have another idea: "That man just said that the four teams that can return with the token will be the winners of this competition. What if there aren't four teams that return?"

Wei Shengnan was a little confused: "What do you mean by that?"

I smiled and said, "We all know about Qu Ruilin's ability to see into the earth. When it comes to feng shui and geomancy, his skills are superior to mine! If we act quickly and manage to get two tokens for each team, what do you think the other teams will do?"

Wei Shengnan, reminded by me, immediately realized: "You want to get as many tokens as possible to force Duan Jinyan out! After all, without the tokens, his men can't enter Fengmen Village!"

"This is just a hypothetical idea. After all, there are many hidden talents here, and it's uncertain whether we can obtain the token! This method is merely one of my ideas."

I nodded: "So I suggest we split up, but we can't just return after getting the tokens. Instead, we should try to get as many tokens as possible."

Wei Shengnan pondered for a moment, then nodded: "Let's meet before we leave."

While we were talking, the people from Fengmen Village finished explaining the rules: "Please return to your rooms now. At 6:00 AM tomorrow, all the doors will be opened at the same time. There will be no reminders during this process, so please manage your time accordingly! We will not provide you with food or water, but out of humanitarian considerations, those with a history of smoking can receive five packs of cigarettes and a disposable lighter."

After listening to the man's words, I felt that he was deliberately putting pressure on us. Thinking about the person who competed alone, I guess this guy is going to have a very difficult time tonight.

As soon as I returned to my room, Jiang Man and the others all stood up. Monkey couldn't wait to ask, "Young Master Duan, what is the second match?"

"Feng Shui".

I said two words and continued, "Fengmen Village has chosen the most auspicious location in the surrounding mountains and placed four tokens there. The person who can find them and bring them back will be the final winner. In this next competition, we will have no help whatsoever, and no one will provide us with food, equipment, or other supplies. We will have to rely entirely on ourselves."

The monkey scratched its head: "Damn, are we supposed to survive in the wild on our own?"

"That's roughly the idea. As the largest black market for antiques, Fengmen Village has very strict selection criteria for those who can enter. The first round of selection is based on eyesight, and the second round is based on knowledge of feng shui."

I paused for a moment: "The departure time is set for six o'clock tomorrow morning. Everyone will take turns on night duty tonight, so make sure you get a good rest so you won't be too tired tomorrow."

After listening to my explanation, Jiang Man asked curiously, "Don't you think the test in Fengmen Village is a bit strange? Since they're in the black market, they naturally want as many customers as possible. If it's for the sake of secrecy, reducing the number of participants is understandable. But why do they have to make the rules so strict? It's like they're afraid of the scale getting too big!"

I was also very curious about the question Jiang Man raised.

It wasn't until Wei Shengnan finished explaining the significance of Fengmen Village's existence that I understood why they did what they did.

The "Snake Beauty" established Fengmen Village specifically to fight against the Black Robe Organization, which was kept by Jinbai International.

Presumably, by opening up the quota to allow outsiders to enter Fengmen Village, they also wanted to win these people over to help fight against the Black Robe. Naturally, they needed to find out the background of these people and make them their allies.

Rather than saying that Fengmen Village is the largest black market, it would be more accurate to say that the enormous profits are merely bait to attract the interest of those experts.

Although I knew what was going on in Fengmen Village, I didn't tell the others the truth so as not to put pressure on them: "These things are not our concern. The most important thing now is not to let other teams get ahead, otherwise all our efforts will be in vain. I'll take the night watch first, you guys rest!"

"You don't need to participate in the night shift."

Jiang Man patted my shoulders and made me sit on the bed: "Only you understand feng shui in our team. The upcoming matches will all depend on you, so it's important that you keep a clear head. As for things like night duty, we'll take care of that!"

I did not refuse and said to the monkey, "Remember to take everything you can from this room when you leave tomorrow morning. We have no supplies to rely on when we enter the jungle this time, so we must make full use of everything we can!"

Perhaps because I had taken a sleeping pill the day before and slept too much, I didn't sleep well that night. I woke up just as dawn was breaking outside.

By this time, the monkey had already done as I instructed, taking everything it could carry and wrapping it in a bed sheet to make two large bundles.

"Young Master Duan, you're awake!"

When the monkey saw me sit up, he handed me a cigarette: "It's probably around four o'clock now. There's still a while before we leave. Why don't you go and rest a bit more?"

"No need, I can't sleep."

I took the cigarette, lit it, and said in a low voice, "I saw Wei Shengnan last night when I went to pick up the mission."

Why would you bring her up out of the blue?

The monkey's expression immediately changed: "Did that woman threaten you?"

I smiled and said, "It seems you have a lot of hostility towards her."

"I'm not hostile towards her, but towards everyone who wants to hurt you!"

The monkey didn't hide his thoughts: "We've done so much for the Wei family, but in the end we didn't even get a thank you. This woman is not a chivalrous person!"

I didn't respond to the monkey's words, and said in a low voice, "I've agreed to cooperate with Wei Shengnan in this competition!"

"What did you say?!"

The monkey suddenly raised its voice, then lowered it again to avoid waking the others: "Duan Shenxing, are you out of your mind? Those people have already screwed us over more than once. They're not trustworthy at all. Why would you cooperate with them?"

“I don’t trust them either, and I haven’t forgotten any of the things they did. But this time, I have a reason to cooperate with them when I go into the mountains.”

Seeing the monkey's sullen face, I sighed: "We came here for different reasons than others. Whether we can enter Fengmen Village is not important. Without Wei Shengnan and the others' help, it would be difficult for us to find Duan Jinyan's people on our own. In other words, I am not cooperating with Wei Shengnan, but just using them to achieve my own goals."